Medicalfacts Editorial / Janine Budding January 28, 2024 – 9:51 PM
The Civil-Military Center of Expertise for Trauma Care brings together military and civilian trauma care
The UMC Utrecht and the Ministry of Defense will collaborate even more intensively in trauma care and research into it. Because soldiers on mission suffer very different injuries than most other people, a lot can be learned from each other. The Civil-Military Center of Expertise for Trauma Care (CETC) brings together the knowledge and experience of military and civilian trauma care. Defense and UMC Utrecht are working on their joint mission for maximum survival and minimal disability after an accident.
The quality and safety of patient care for both military personnel and civilians benefits from this collaboration. “In defense we have small numbers of patients, but they often involve specific, serious injuries,” says head of the CETC Colonel Henk van der Wal. “Consider gunshot wounds or explosion injuries. Fortunately, you see this much less in civilian care. But there are very large numbers of patients who more often suffer from so-called blunt trauma: injuries caused by collisions or falls from a great height. We bring that data together, so we can improve trauma care for everyone.”
Knowledge of the UMC Utrecht
The UMC Utrecht already conducts a lot of research into trauma care. For example, research is underway into the response of the immune system to a (serious) injury. In addition, a lot of attention is paid to optimizing and innovating trauma care. The TraumaTriage App has also been developed at UMC Utrecht, which helps determine on the spot how serious someone’s injury is and what level of care is required. Lukas van Spengler, director of Trauma Center Central Netherlands: “You can imagine that this is knowledge that is also of great importance on the battlefield. In addition, we can use our knowledge about the civilian healthcare chain for research to further improve the military healthcare chain.”
Geopolitical developments
Military healthcare has made many advances in the treatment of military casualties in recent decades, from the moment of injury to rehabilitation. “In light of geopolitical developments, it is important to continue developing,” says Van de Wal. “We have to take into account more large-scale incidents, with larger numbers of injuries. Incidents that not only impact military healthcare, but also civilian healthcare. Being prepared for this is also part of the CETC.”
Collaboration in research is the main focus of the CETC. Military healthcare can conduct more structural research thanks to the experience of the UMC Utrecht. And thanks to the collaboration with the Ministry of Defense, (international) research data becomes available to researchers at the UMC Utrecht. In addition, the CETC will also include a digital knowledge network, joint education and training will be provided and a simulation lab will be set up.
Complex acute care in the UMC Utrecht
Care for (seriously) injured people, or trauma care, fits in with the task and priority of the UMC Utrecht for complex acute care. The UMC Utrecht is an excellent (inter)nationally known center for complex acute care. The UMC Utrecht trains healthcare professionals, conducts research, innovates and facilitates training. The level-1 trauma center is state-of-the-art and the backbone of the complex acute care at the UMC Utrecht. With the Central Military Hospital as a close neighbor and the Emergency Hospital in-house, the UMC Utrecht already has a close and long collaboration with military healthcare.
Source: UMC Utrecht
Editorial Medicalfacts / Janine Budding
I studied physiotherapy and health care business administration. I am also a registered independent client supporter and informal care broker. I have a lot of experience in various positions in healthcare, the social domain and the medical and pharmaceutical industries, nationally and internationally. And I have broad medical knowledge of most specialties in healthcare. And the healthcare laws from which healthcare is regulated and financed. I attend most of the leading medical conferences in Europe and America every year to keep my knowledge up to date and to keep up with the latest developments and innovations. I am currently doing a Masters in applied psychology.
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2024-01-28 21:39:46
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